[Forum] RE: Punctuating Quoted Sentences within a Sentence

[quote='PATTYC' pid='7884' dateline='1355488206'] Section 6.9 (page 309) of the Chicago Manual of Style talks about Punctuation in relation to closing quotation marks. The section is emphasizing the fact that the quotation marks follow the question mark, and it shows an example that does not have a

[Forum] RE: Em dash and question mark

Right. The em-dash indicates that there was an interruption. Since that utterance was never finished, it can't really be said to be a question so the question mark is inappropriate. I know it's been discussed before here on the forum, but I can't say where for sure.

[Forum] RE: Punctuation

I'm sure the parentheses changes everything. Of course you would not put a period and a question mark in sequence?. That would just be wrong. I believe http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/16/ch06/ch06_sec096.html applies here. Your parenthetical contains a question mark, but that mark does not c

[Forum] RE: No need to Question Mark?

Full sentences? Highly overrated. What to do? Use a question mark.

[Forum] RE: Copyeditor's Pen 2

The dash idea is fine. The general rule is to never use a comma with a question mark or an exclamation mark in dialog. This is from #29 in M-W Unabridged: 29. A comma usually separates a direct quotation from a phrase identifying its source or speaker. If the quotation is a question or an excl

[Forum] RE: question mark plus period?

Thank you Pixna. I got thrown by 13.67 indicating a period after the question mark and closing quotation marks and then realized that that applied only when there was additional source material.

[Forum] question mark plus period?

I'm having some difficulty punctuating a sentence that ends with one word in quotation marks and a question mark as part of the original quote. The question mark, of course, goes inside the quotation marks in this case but do I then add a period as well? Over their heads we see a thought balloon

[Forum] Question mark after foreign word

Dialogue in fiction piece: "I don’t want to know anything about you. You and I are [i]el finite[/i]. [i]Capiche[/i][color=#FF0000]?[/color]” Should the question mark be italicized?

[Forum] sentence ending with quote with a question mark

[url=http://6.70: Question marks in relation to surrounding text and punctuation]6.70: Question marks in relation to surrounding text and punctuation [/url]gives examples of how to deal with end punctuation for a sentence that includes a quote ending in a question mark. The examples given show eithe

[Forum] RE: Punctuation in italics or roman?

I also would doubt that you would need to italicize a stressed word that is also followed by an exclamation mark, which also indicates stress. If someone raised his glass and said "Cheers!" you wouldn't italicize it. The exclamation mark already tells you to say it in a louder more excited v